2. The Top 50 ( but we’ll only talk about a few ) Web 2.0 Tools to Make Your Life Easier Lesley Merritt, CMASE Science Instructional Facilitator

3. A Definition Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web- based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and blogs — which facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. Wikipedia.com

4. http://www.go2web20.net/

5. Networking and Professional Development Peyton Merlin and Riptide Furse

6. Collaboration The Flat Classroom

7. Presentations

8. Flickr

9. Images

10. Music and Audio

11. Video

12. Storytelling

13. Office Productivity

14. Other

15. The Good and the Bad Saves Server Space Anytime Access Differentiates Instruction Fosters Collaboration Use Different Media Types Huge Selection of Resources Upfront Teacher Time Account Creation No Internet Access Advertisements Public vs. Private Huge Selection of Resources

17. Poll Everywhere Live Audience Polling 1.Ask your audience a question 2.They answer using SMS text messages, Twitter, or the web. 3.Results update live in your web browser or PowerPoint Sample

18. Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking in Plain English – a Common Craft Production (from www.teachertube.com)Social Bookmarking in Plain English Way to store, search, manage, and organize bookmarks Web based bookmarks are available anywhere-not just on one computer in the favorites Share web page links with others Create “networks” of people with like interests and bookmarks Examples: deli.icio.us, Furl, Simply, citeulikedeli.icio.us

19. Things you can do with Delicious  Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere  Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return  Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web this is being typed to cover the image

20. Be sure to Add-on Buttons Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en- US/firefox/https://addons.mozilla.org/en- US/firefox/ In search bar type in Delicious Under Delicious Bookmarks click Add to Firefox Click at bottom of page Accept and Install

21. Saving a Bookmark Lesley’s Delicious Account Lesley’s Delicious Account Saving a Bookmark on Delicious is likely to be a little different then what you're used to. Don't worry, we've made the process intuitive and you'll find that tags and notes will make your bookmarks much easier to manage. Depending on which buttons you've added to your browser, you can click the "Tag" or "Bookmark this on Delicious" button to save a new bookmark. Regardless of the buttons you've chosen, you'll see the following fields.

22. Interesting Technology PowerPoint Web 2.0 ETC, 2009 by Lesley Merritt

23. Internet4Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm A bazillion Websites for Teachers (minus one or two)

24. Game Templates  http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm  http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/ http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/  http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara% 20leonard/Mini%20T's/Games/Games.htm http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara% 20leonard/Mini%20T's/Games/Games.htm  http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/Power%20Point%2 0Games/power_point_games.htm http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/Power%20Point%2 0Games/power_point_games.htm

25. Wikis From the word “quick” (Hawaiian) A 3 : Anytime, Anyone, Anywhere Collaboration Wikis in Plain English

26. + Why Wiki’s You may use this as your school website for student documents & such Allows multiple people to work on one document at the same time Collaborate with colleagues in PLC’s and track changes As the administrator of your wiki, you may choose the access level of every user Levels are Administrator, Commenter, or Reader

27. Wikis-Classroom Uses Classroom Projects Allows all students to share without drawing attention to themselves in the classroom Examples: PBWorks Wiki, WikiSpacesPBWorks WikiWikiSpaces My PBWorks (Lesley’s)

28. Create Your Free PBWorks Wiki  Go to http://PBWorks.comhttp://PBWorks.com  On right hand corner click Get Started  Click on the Educational Apple  At the bottom of the page click on Free setup in 60 seconds  Choose Basic Wiki for FREE (2 gigs of storage)  Choose your address and get started  Example Example

30. iGoogle Your personalized Google homepage. Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page. Access from any computer in the world Don’t lose your favorites when your on other computers

31. Sign in to iGoogle Decide whether to sign in. Signing in with a Google Account before you start lets you save your iGoogle page across computers. (Certain gadgets, like Gmail and Google Reader, require that you be signed in to a Google Account.) If you don't sign in, your iGoogle page is saved just on your computer. Sign in video

32. Setting up iGoogle The first time you use iGoogle, you'll see the setup wizard, which will let you 'Create your own homepage in under 30 seconds.' Choose some interests and a theme, and click See your page, and you'll have an iGoogle page.

33. Add More Gadgets to Your Page Here's how to add a gadget to your page: 1.Click Add stuff in the top-right corner of iGoogle. 2.Once you find a gadget you'd like to add, click Add it now. 3.Click the Back to iGoogle home link at the upper left side of the page to get back to your page. You can arrange gadgets by dragging and dropping them on the page (or between tabs). Video

34. + Google Chrome (Click the Tools menu, Select Options, Click the Basics tab, In the “Home page section, select the option “Open this page,” then enter http://www.google.com/ig in the text field, Click Close) http://www.google.com/ig Firefox (Click the Tools menu, Select Options, Click the Main tab, In the ‘startup’ sections, type http://www.google.com/ig in the text box, click OK) http://www.google.com/ig Safari (Click the Safari menu, Select Preferences, Click General, In the 'Home page' section, type http://www.google.com/ig in the text box, Close the Preferences window http://www.google.com/ig Make iGoogle Your Homepage

35. + Contact Information Lesley Merritt, Science Instructional Faciliatator Center for Math & Science Education University of Arkansas WAAX 202; 1 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3875 lmerritt@uark.edu http://cmasescience.pbworks.com